Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-06-17
FORTUNATE CHANCE.


she held them in utter detestation, in-
.livi,luaHt aud collectively.
According to tradition. this was
wing to some bitter wrong inflicted
sFon her heart when it was Young and
i'nder.. Bat however this may b.. the
.ntipaihy aforementioned WAS too
teal to be mistaken.
y For over thirty years no mans foot
lad d.sesrat.d r dwelling. Even
Me- old man wisss sawed her wood and
sid odl jobs aaout the house received
bis pay Standing under the kitchen
window. Miss Prulenee dropping the
aneuut iuin his hand with ayerted
eses aud IN aadihle sniiiie, expressive
" her disgust At this unavoidable con-
fseE With tn. isss,-tc,t sex.
hiss Is.s ~ sffsra..y consisted Of
ss.r~clf an c-ie'.. i.s'sle ..Ioncsty,.
an. .h>r aie,s-s p. 81 ha,i taken
cutE wh,.a :. u .i,h ,As asowed
ssrrrni-atiou si'eAiug her a. in
ycteratsa r,an-Sater a. hcrself And
.as SO be. .ucse,-i,-,l ia. hsx landas,l.
slesssn. I,svas her ingcftiea iDsleave
ars thc bulk of' her psopsris mot
Otherwise, a. sh - N as>,4sed ,oasin
.ssnas, the nex, h-ir-A. law,
jones Quimhy. MAS a stiff. ss,,r. dis
sgrcesbi. sd bachelor. ftSs whom. Ruth
lad partiraiar di.liss q. as,.,un, IT
the pleasant way hs had Of spubbieg
sasF lvcsnring her y hengser thcy met.
he had remained sihgie in sae hope
i esTea.ually iuhsriting : cousins
Aaerty. knowing her aversion to
srs~,au,. and th.rcf,r,. r,.v.r,j.,l
20 sxss6px-. her .-nnf ~ sxss
Hu, hr took great comfort from Miss
priurl,'s repeated assurance. for he
ln,.w that ,aung gir,s take A. n,t,lr-
,iIx IA ln,., a. nnurr- tax. Ia dew and
.un.lin..
rv.ry evening Ruth was ctt.chis.d
g.. ~. t..i'.,,,1,., ,,.h;rn
.-r,,h man an tb, face. If the earth
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". ,upt va. Ruth'. dutifnl re-
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tnr"l upon >ct"hd ahhflh- -'"h'e
at RuthS pretty lace, i"T pretty IL was
IN spit" "f In" u-tN b"hhe's SIG MAS
iorcrd to wear
But the little blind god Laughs ~ All
such pr"eant''.ns
IL happen"i that Miss 4rin"ie WAS
very fnnd "i Stra" berries, a. n 500"
as the! wcr" r.p., she sent hnth n""h
to the meadow behind the nous" l"
gather some for tea, strictly charginS
her t" look and speak To no man
Now il curt"usly enough happened
that Mr.. Edgar Haven. who caught
glimpse of Ruth tripping down the
lane. was suddenly reminded ot
similar wish expressed by his mother
and animated by iilal desire To
CRAFTY it. seized a basket aud pro
eee,icd in the same direction.
Now Edgar knew his young neign-
bor by name and sight, and politely
accosting her. offered Ia show her
where the berries were. much more
plentiful than where she was picking
Startled by his unexpected appearance.
Ruth's first impulse was to drop her
basket and run; but his look and tone
were So gentle, his smiles so winning
aud his eyes so beautiful; and then II
would have been so rude,
So she not only stayed, but let HIM
take her where the ground was red
with the ripe and luscious fruit, and
even accepted his protlercd assistance
III filling her basket.
And then they began to talk, Edgar
drawing her out with So much tact
that Ruth began to feel quite at ease
with him, though she was still some
l. .a..tf "a nj